Biodegradable: Detergents and the Environment

Beschreibung

Beschreibung

Examines the development of synthetic detergents after WWII and the unanticipated resultant pollution of surface waters and groundwaters by the technology, as well as the social, political, and industrial responses that resulted in amelioration of the problem in the US, UK, and FRG. Annotation copyr

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William McGucken is professor of history at the University of Akron, Ohio. He is a member of the American Society for Environmental History, the Society for the History of Technology, and the History of Science Society. His special interest is the historical interactions of science and technology with society and the environment.